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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1898)
vffsKmsJ yjMgm v$fiJ&r'V gw,T.'r f & ttV THE COURIER 6 : fl fc 'r V 3 m W LITERARY NOTES. A RONDEAU. When Marjorie sings, her throat of snow Swelk with the musk's ebb and flow Like throat of song-thrush, and her eyes Grow tender as the light that lies On full-tops when the sun is low. So fair the singer, scarce I know Allegro from adagio, Nor dream her art to criticise When Marjorie sings, I look, and list, and hourly gro v More hopelessly her slave; but oh, Of whom dreams she? (Oh, dread sur mise!) For whom do those soft blushes rise? To whom those maiden fancies go, When Marjorie sings? Julia Schayer in August Lippincott's. Among the many picturesque incidents connected with the destruction of the Spanieh fleet, the heroic work performed by Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright will long be remembered. Wainwright was executive officer on the Maine on that tragic night in the harbor of Hav ana, and he wrs recently placed in com mand of Mr. J. P. Morgan's yacht Cor sair converted to a fighting boat and re named Gloucester. When Cervera's back in case my cursed luck should still pursue ms and the marriage should fall through; but it can't fall through this time. Fate must have grown tired bait ing me at last. Edwin A. Pratt, in August Lippincott's. IMMIMMMIMMIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIlUMMIMMIMMIMIIIIilHIMMIIMII It is gratifying nor to be able to call attention to a new story by Mr. Crane which shows a marked increase of liter ary power in what is, perhaps, an unsus p'ected direction . This tale is called "The Monster," which appears in the August number of Harper's Magazine: the scene of it is an American village, and so original are the theme and treat ment that a brief account of the story cannot fail to be of interest. d2f f& f'SSBp XVH) : ttttttttittttUtUltt THEY'RE BUYING NOW WWfWWWW The prices tell the story when it comes to soiling goods. Combine a good qual ity with a prico which is cut to less that tirrt cost and you have tho secret of quick sales. To make room for our rew fall slock we offer all of our 75c and SI Shirt Waiste at COc All our l.2T and 81.50 SbirtWaists at 75c and SDc. These are real bargains; late styles, now pat terns, in Percales, Lawns aud Dimities; well made and desirable. Just what jou want for these hot days. Our Fancy Parasols ure going fast, which is good evidence that our custo mers know a bargain oiler when they seo it. New and stylish, the very latest things out. Our prices wero low at the start and wo bare cut them 25 per cent lower. One fourth oif meanB a big dif ference in price, and it will pay you to see these goods before buying. Just unpacked our new stock of Dress Prints, nil tho latest, most desira ble patterns, in blue, black and red grounds, with dainty figures, making some new and beautiful effects. See our window display of these goods aod then come into the store and examine tho quality. Our fall goods are coming in daily New Percales, Outings. Prints, Muslins, Cheviots and Shirtings. Re member this is an entirely new Btock, no old goods, everything clean and fresh. We are glad to show jou our stock and get acquainted. W. H. Lacey & Son, 1217 O Street. tHIIMIKllllllllMIIMIIIIIMIIMMH iOMOMIMMIHlMMMSSMg iMMM,t LIZCTESANT-COXXANDER WAI.WBIGI1T dreaded torpedo boat destroyers came in sight at Santiago.on July 3, the Glouces ter made for them at full speed and whipped them both, although the little American boat was at the same time un der the fire of the shore batteries and the guns cf the Vrzcaya. The culmina tion of Wainwright's astonishing fear lessness was reached when be actually engaged the big Spanish cruiser, and maintained the action until supported by our men of war. A portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright and a picture of his ship are contained in the issue of Harper'd Weekly for July 9. STmiL. o:nk A physician in a rural town has in his employ a colored coachman who, during a fire in the doctor's house, saves the life of his little boy. Tn doing this, however, the negro is cruelly disfigured by the .bursting of a jar of acid in the doctor's office. lie becomes a gentle and haim lese imbecile but a tight of horror in his mysterious mask in short, the village monster. As a return for his heroism Dr. Trescott attempts to provide for Henry.s maintenance, but to such a state of abject terror is the community reduced by the monster's presence-in it that the physician's grateful charity ex cites against him a violent popular in dignation. Nevertheless, the doctor per sists in refusing to consign the negro to a public asylum, and stands by his re solve and determined gratitude in the face of loss of friends and practice. R. ?. A- SHDRMAKEK. PriVate Hospital DEAD ROSE LEAVES. My Dear Jack. I must have a hun. dred dollars at once. Don't hem and haw about it, but send it immediately, if not sooner. This, with what 1 bor rowed from you for the Annie Minton campaign, will make me indebted to you to the amount of two hundred and thirty-seven dollars; but never fear, I shall soon be in condition amply to re pay you, and likewise to stake you in turn in case you want to engage in simi lar enterprises. For, my boy, I've struck it at last. And when I say "it" of course I mean "her." The reason why I am so inconsistent about getting' the money in a hurry is that I promised to call Thursday evening and bring the engagement-ring and she will be utterly incapable of understanding why I could fall to bring it; for the idea of impecu niosity, or debt, or the other stern reali ties of life, has never entered her dear little cerebellum, which is situated, I be lieve, in the back part of the head. Hin dinsohn has a beautiful stone for five hundred dollars which he agrees to let me have on instalments; I am to pay a hundred down, and he will not trouble me for the balance until after the cere mony (when he may go to the devil.) And le further agrees to take the stone "These," she said, in her accents low, "Are the flowers he gave me long ago." Fragrant dust and falling tears; She had loved in vain for forty years. Grace Shoup in August Lippincott's. Many strange experiences and many abentures had fallen to the lot of some of these men, and "had the Avar been delayed a little longer the stories they told under the colored lights of the broad verandas would have served for a second Thousand and One Nights," and would 1iae held as great an interest. They were as familiar with the Kremlin as with the mosque of St. Sophia, with Ket trier's restaur ant as with the Walls of Silence. They knew the love story of every consul, along the Malayan peninsula and the" east coast of Africa, and why he had left home;-they disagreed as to wheth er laced leggings or heavy boots are better in a Borneo jungle; they talk ed variously in marks, taels, annas, and shillings; they had lreen chased by elephants and had shot rhinoceri; and they had themeslves been fired oer, with the Marquis Vnmngntn in. Corea, with Kitchene in Kgypt. with Maceo in Cuba and with Kdam Pasha, in Thessaly. One of them had taken, six hundred men straight across Af rica from coast to coast; another had 4 I Special attention given to all DISEASES OF WOMEN. I ' Every Convenience for Pelvic and Abdominal Surgery. 1 Turkish, Electric and Massage Baths for ladies. The Swedish Movements, J in their most recent developments, by the trained masseuse in charge. ... W Graduate Nurse in attendance. Corner Eleventh and K Streets. ti'V'''''fe1 explored it for a year and a half with- perhaps, tho popular idea cf his person out meeting a white man. This man ality in this country. He is ordinarily had explored China disguised as a credited with good secse and tactful Chinaman and Russia as a Russian; nese, but not with that intellectual that other had t avelled more hun- grasp which those who know him best dreds of miles on snow shoes tlian any assert that he possesses in an unusual other American', Indian or Canadian; degree. His mind has been developod there was one who hatl been to school by contact for a generation with the best with an emperor, and another who authorities on ad subjects. His mental had seen an empress beheaded, and ability is active, comprehensive, and pro then feeling some doubt as to his found, and if he ascends th9 throne of nerve, dropped fou thousand" feet out Great Britain tho world will see no or of a balloon to test it. On the whole it was an interesting collection of men hese generals with new shoulder straps on old tunics, these war-correspondents and mili tary attaches, who had last met in the Soudan and Greece, and these self-important and gloomy Cuban gene als, credulous and mysterious; these wealthy young men from the Knick erbocker club, disguised in canvas uni forms and Cuban Hags, who are no to be confused with the sanie clubs proud contribution to the Hough Rid ers. August Sc ibner's. dinary sovereign ruling at Westminster. Such a view of the character of the Prince of Wales is presented by the writer of a masterly article in tho August number of Harper's Magazine. The paper is unsigned and entitled "If The sentimental and informal alliance which, it is asserted, already exists be tween England and the United States undoubtedly meets with hearty approba tion from the heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain. It is a significant and possibly a momentous fact that the Prince of Wales entertains very large views as to the future of the English speaking people, and it may transpire that the personal opinions and desires of Queen Victoria's oldest son will be or no inconsiderable importance in the his tory of England and America. The character, capacity and habits of thought of the Prince of Wales are very different from what those who know him not believe, very different from what is. 4 Si THE rRlCE Or WALES the Queen had Abdicated." The author's opinions are backed by a num ber of convincing anecdotes, and there is a happy freedom from the odor of sy cophancy which usually pervades such tributes to royal personages. An tnteresting portion of the article is